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Barge Fire in Maashaven

Barge Fire in Maashaven

Barge Fire
Photo: rijnmond.nl

On the morning of May 27, a barge caught fire on the Nieuwe Maas River while berthed at Maashaven in Rotterdam, Netherlands. The fire ignited in a barge containing household waste resulting in clouds of smoke from the hold. Area residents were asked to keep windows and doors closed from the smoke. The local fire brigade and the 28 meter long fireboat RPA 10 were called to the scene. Their efforts got the fire under control a short time later and the blaze was extinguished within a few hours.

No reports of injuries.  Damage to the barge from the fire was not disclosed. The barge would be later towed to Rozenburg where the waste cargo is to be unloaded.

 

Tanker Collision

Tanker Collision

The 6611 dwt tanker Grigoriy Bugrov collided with the fireboat PGK-638 in the Volga–Caspian Sea Canal near the 150 kilometer mark.  The PGK-638 struck the tanker in the port bow section.   The tanker’s hull had a 1.5 meter hole in the hull 3 meters above the waterline.   The fireboat had its railings bent and a life raft damaged.   No reports of injuries or pollution being released.   Both vessels are heading to Astrakhan for further investigation.  The Grivoriy Bugrov had been originally scheduled to sail to Astrakhan, Russia from Turkmenbashi, Turkmenistan with 5000 metric tons of heavy fuel oil.

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